Heat stress as a predisposing factor for necrotic enteritis in broiler chicks

Heat stress is a physical environmental stressor, which can affect performance, health and welfare of poultry. The present study investigates the effect of cyclic acute heat stress as a predisposing factor for necrotic enteritis in broiler chicks in an experimental challenge model. Two hundred and forty broiler chicks were randomly allocated to four treatment groups, as follows: group A served as negative control (25°C), group B birds were...